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What does "dusting" the coop mean? Sorry to be so dumb. Mix it in with shavings? I have an 8 x 10 coop with pine shavings on the floor and a little DE lightly mixed in. Since I only have three birds, I scoop with a litter box scoop every day, so my shavings have not been changed yet. Do I need to do that? My three hens do not use the roost or the nest boxes. They are not too bright, I think. The only one laying is the black Orp and she lays on the floor of the coop in the same place every day. I have tried a cat litter box nest box, milk crate nest box, plus have three built in nest boxes. Have tried shredded paper, hay, and shavings in all of them. They will not even get in them.
I never knew chickens could be so complicated....or am I just simple minded?
Just take the dust (it comes in a cannister with a shaker style top) and literally shake it around the shavings, like a salt shaker. If your roost is flat, you may want to shake some on top of the roost too.
Thank you! This is going to be a lot less work than I thought. I thought I would have to hose out, scrub, disinfect the whole 8 x 10 coop. With the weather so cold and damp, I figured it would never really get dry and then the chickens would end up with colds or pneumonia or something else. I will be headed for Del's first thing in the morning. My hubby just made me a Mudslide, so the night is looking up!
Thank you all for the advice. I should have asked here first instead of getting internet overload!
What does "dusting" the coop mean? Sorry to be so dumb. Mix it in with shavings? I have an 8 x 10 coop with pine shavings on the floor and a little DE lightly mixed in. Since I only have three birds, I scoop with a litter box scoop every day, so my shavings have not been changed yet. Do I need to do that? My three hens do not use the roost or the nest boxes. They are not too bright, I think. The only one laying is the black Orp and she lays on the floor of the coop in the same place every day. I have tried a cat litter box nest box, milk crate nest box, plus have three built in nest boxes. Have tried shredded paper, hay, and shavings in all of them. They will not even get in them.
I never knew chickens could be so complicated....or am I just simple minded?
Just take the dust (it comes in a cannister with a shaker style top) and literally shake it around the shavings, like a salt shaker. If your roost is flat, you may want to shake some on top of the roost too.
Thank you! This is going to be a lot less work than I thought. I thought I would have to hose out, scrub, disinfect the whole 8 x 10 coop. With the weather so cold and damp, I figured it would never really get dry and then the chickens would end up with colds or pneumonia or something else. I will be headed for Del's first thing in the morning. My hubby just made me a Mudslide, so the night is looking up!
Thank you all for the advice. I should have asked here first instead of getting internet overload!
